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Sexuality and the Catholic Priesthood

The 'Chaste' Caste

Av Marco Marzano

Del i serien Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Religion

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Based on interviews with Roman Catholic seminarians, priests and former priests, as well as with managers of seminaries, teaching staff, psychologists and psychiatrists, this book considers the lives of the clergy, beginning with the period before entering the seminary. With attention to both heterosexual and homosexual relationships – and so addressing the tension that exists between Catholic teaching and the reality of clerical lives – this wide-ranging description of seminary life encompasses many issues which are not strictly sexual or emotional, such as time organisation, the importance of study, hierarchical relations and friendship. Showing that the lives of seminarians – and later, priests – are absorbed in balancing the expectations of their role with their need for an emotional life and with maintaining an independent, free inner self, with the result that celibacy can come to be viewed as a pretence to be upheld scrupulously in the public sphere only, Sexuality and the Catholic Priesthood: The 'Chaste' Caste will appeal to scholars of sociology and religious studies with interests in gender and sexuality, the Catholic Church and priestly vocations.
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Marco Marzano is Full Professor of Sociology at the University of Bergamo, Italy.

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“Marzano insists that his work is scientific and ethical, not political; he has no intention of attempting to suggest reforms for the Church—instead, “The point is that the lies revolving around the life of the Catholic clergy are no longer sustainable or cultural acceptable… [I] devote myself to intellectual honesty and to the task of revealing an uncomfortable truth to those with no intention of listening to it” (p. 13). In an era plagued by threats to academic freedom from vested interests, this broader mission is an admirable one to which Sexuality and the Catholic Priesthood is a very worthy contribution.”Lukas Szrot, Symbolic Interaction“Marzano’s book offers an important con­tribution to ongoing discussions about the origins of sexual abuse within the Church. He challenges dominant narratives that reduce such practices to incidental dysfunc­tions within an institution ostensibly grounded in high moral standards or to the negative influence of modern culture on ill-prepared candidates for the priesthood. Marzano provides empirical grounding and theoretical depth for arguments concerning the systemic roots of sexual abuse, analyzing in detail the structure of pastoral clericalism. Drawing on extensive empirical material, he shows that clericalism functions as a distinc­tive institutional matrix that not only orga­nizes the lives of clergy but also shapes what is regarded within the Church as normal, permissible, and “sacred.” In this light, sexual violence appears not as a deviation but as a consequence of a system of power built on the control of bodies, consciences, and symbolic purity. These conclusions reach beyond the Italian context and position the book within a broader international debate on the causes of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.” Sławomir Mandes, Sociology of Religion

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